Yearly Archives: 2017

Joint media release with Interim Parliamentary Leader of the Nationals Nigel Scullion Applications open today for a new program to make access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) easier for 1200 students living in regional and remote areas of Australia. Interim Parliamentary Leader of the Nationals Nigel Scullion said all Australians deserve to have…

Joint media release with Interim Parliamentary Leader of the Nationals Nigel Scullion Students in Darwin will gain valuable real-world skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), thanks to the Turnbull Government’s new Pathways in Technology (P-TECH) pilot program. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said Casuarina Senior College in Darwin would be the…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop Interview, Adelaide Topics: Funding for South Australian schools 01/12/2017 4:00PM Simon Birmingham: This is a humiliating back-down by Jay Wetherill but it’s a welcome one for South Australian schools who can now be certain they will receive the Turnbull Government’s record $1.3 billion in funding for them next year. It means we…

Students across Bennelong are set for an average boost of around $2,125 each under the Turnbull Government’s Gonski funding plan. That’s an extra $19.7 million we’re delivering for Bennelong schools. There are no cuts. The figures being peddled by the NSW Teachers’ Federation are a desperate attempt to push for an unfunded Labor promise we…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC AM with Sabra Lane Topics: Banking Royal Commission; Same-sex marriage; Sam Dastyari, University completion rates and graduate outcome data 29/11/2017 08:05AM Sabra Lane: For his view on all of this and some issues in his portfolio, we’re joined in the studio by the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC News radio with Fiona Ellis-Jones Topics: University completion rates and graduate outcome data; Same-sex marriage 29/11/2017 07:23 AM Fiona Ellis-Jones: The Federal Government has released new data showing that students are dropping out of university in record numbers. The figures show two-thirds of university students are failing to complete…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC News Breakfast with Michael Rowland Topics: Same-sex marriage; University completion rates and graduate outcome data 29/11/2017 07:13AM Del Irani: Now, students are dropping out of university at record rates according to new data released by the Federal Government. Michael Rowland: Yes, research from a survey of graduates found that…